finally back from OBS! back to the harsh reality now. SIGH. i want to go back! pulau ubin's environment is so nice and peaceful, and it was SUPER fun :)

on monday [dayone], we went to punggol jetty imediately after being dismissed from flagraising. i was a bit high on the bus and went crazy rubbing on sun block. hahah and me and reshma ket posing for pictures with her huge funny sunglasses. i thought i looked like the mafia but resh said it was more like the F.B.I! hahaha okayyyy-.-'' then we said our farewells to the teachers and i was busy joking with ms belle tan :)

then we reached pulau ubin camp 2! i got put in the watch (group) JUNKO! with tanya elizabeth trevethick! haha. our camp instructor cum game master cum safety officer was DEEDEE. haha. he's damn funny and encouraging. tells all sorts of lame jokes.

then we did belay, the trustfall, and i learned how to pitch a tent! hahah. me, tanya, grace tan and clarissa lin shared a tent and i was the odd one out because 3 of them are guides. we did some outdoor cooking for dinner too. we cooked rice with beans plus sausages etc. it was super tiring that day and we all slept at 12pm

daytwo
we learned how to kayak! i buddied with tanya and kayaking was super fun and gross at the same time because the seawater was pretty disgusting. then DEEDEE and selamat (dagama's instructor) taught us how to capsize and the safety precautions etc. then we had to practice capsizing! so me and tanya had to capsize while enli and lianghwei had to haul us up and support us. tanya and me were so crazy and we were arguing which side to capsize on. then we were rathering to one side and we ended up next to the bridge. finally, we managed to capsize but the horrifying thing was that whilst the both of us were trying to get back inside the kayak, we saw our SC teachers coming out of the boat from punggol jetty and were walking down the bridge!!!

mrs lim hui-e and ms pauline soh were laughing at the both of us sticking our butts out of the kayak and mrs yogee took a picture of tanya and me while tanya was struggling to get up the boat. we were so darn mortified-.- then we kayaked all the way to camp one, which was some distance away. it was really exhausting considering that we had only learnt how to kayak 2 hrs ago and it was sweltering HOT.

then after we reached camp one and had lunch at the canteen or cafeteria whatever you call it, and after, we went to rock climb! it was pretty scary. me, victoria, rachel wong and clarissa went up the super tough wall. i nearly gave up at the second last panel (there were ten panels) and i was stoning up there and didnt dare proceed up. i was shaking so bad, that tanya and the rest thought i had contracted parkinson's disease. but motivation and encouragement from all of them spurred me on and i managed to reach the top! felt a sense of accomplishment and relief!

daythree
we (4 grps) set off on our sea expedition to sembawang, at 9.30am. it was supersuper far from pulau ubin. we passed the channel, went pass corny island, pulau seletar, 4 kelongs, many jellyfishes and a dead fish haha. i got really seasick so i had to stuff orange peels up my nostrils. ahahah. poor tanya had to paddle alone for ten minutes! the journey was really arduous and exhausting but the weather was pretty alright other than the sweltering heat. my arm ached and my back was super strained. but luckily, i didnt get tanned on my body other than my hands (slight) because i applied sunblock on myself every 15-20 mins! me and tanya were trying to amuse ourselves on the kayak so we sang rubbish songs and played a fool. those who needed to pee had to get out of their boats and peed in the sea hohoho. how disgusting. grace went down to pee 5 times! hahaha. luckily i didnt need to pee urgently :] the others were busy singing the abc song and me and tanya got pretty annoyed and so tanya yelled at them, " ARE YOU ALL 2 YEAR OLDS?!?!?" hahah, it scared the daylight out of me. then at 5.30pm, we finally reached our sembawang campsite. (WE TOOK 8 WHOLE HOURS!) we put at this really ulu part of the beach which was really trash filled. we cooked our own dinner with the help of DEEDEE who was exceptionally kind that day haha. then we had to do sentry duty in the middle of the night.

dayfour
we set off from sembawang at 8 and headed back to camp 2. this time we only took 7 hours. both me and tanya were super high and laughed like crazy the whole journey. we saw many jellyfishes! i was commenting to tanya that it was a relaxpedition and not a expedition. haha. both of us talked alot and were singing weird songs, making up poems, saying lame jokes and playing weird games throughout. the other groups were so amused with us! initially i had seasickness again so the both of us were paddling really slowly and were the last kayak but once i recovered, we were right in front, just behind the navigator! then i became very WULIAO so i decided to do smth funny but very naughty. I ROCKED THE BOAT from side to side and pretended to capsize and silly tanya got a shock and was yelling her head off! hahaha. she was traumatized i think. haha:] as we were nearing camp 2, huifang led all of us into singing our sch song and it was so funny but touching at the same time. can you imagine agroup of approx 60 girls singing the sch song in the middle of the sea?!?! hahaha. then we haad to wash the kayaks and to my utmost horror, i realised that i had been sitting on someone's pee for that 7hours. because i changed my day three kayak in the morning. SICK! my fbts was terribly stinky!! then after that we washed the kayaks and did the jetty jump! the feeling when we fumped down from the jetty (approx 3-4m above sea level) was really good except for the part when the salty sea water gushe up my nose. before i jumped i was like," aiyah, so easy, jump then jump lor" but the minute i lifted me leg and started falling, my heart skipped a beat and i was like," WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING!?!?!?" haha:) but it was super fun! i want to do it again! then we went to pitch our tents and cooked dinner, which was butter rice and raisins with tuna, sardines, mushrooms, baked beans and curry plus heated up instant milo! hahah then we played the "hello sister, yes brother game". it was so hilarious and i couldnt resist laughing. so funny. then DEEDEE made MOCHA for us! nice

dayfive (LAST DAY, today)
i was feeling so upset that we had to leave. we packed our stall and cleaned up the place and played a few more games and then it was time to go. we signed DEEDEE's autograph book and i bought the OBS tee! after that we took JUNKO photos and all of us started crying. all the other watches were staring at us. hahah. and DEEDEE told us his actual age! i'm kind of chaotah but ohwells.

YUP THAT'S ABOUT ALL! i miss obs. but it feels good to be home though. i shall post pictures once woo e-hui and DEEDEE sends me the pictures! bye!

Nicole

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